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73rd Annual Honor Award Recipients

 

Group Gold Medal – Leadership

Rey De Jesus, Wendy Garber, Laura Grier, William Kelleher, James Kramer, Elizabeth Magargel, Karlheinz Skowronek, Gregory Tryder, David Wiley, Kevin Young

For developing and implementing revolutionary processes and systems that transform patent examination, optimize quality and timeliness, and promote IP rights.


Group Gold Medal – Scientific/Engineering Achievement

Christian A. Hannon, Nicholas A. Pairolero, Andrew A. Toole, Kakali Chaki, Jesse P. Frumkin, Anne Homescu, David B. Orange, Christyann Pulliam, Matthew W. Such

For developing a machine-learning algorithm to identify the volume, nature, and evolution of U.S. technologies directly from patent documents.


Group Silver Medal – Leadership

Stephan Batt, Kristin Fuller, Abigail Nawrocki, Jack Bowles, Dan Byrd, John Lau, Ian Neil, Bob Simms, Deborah Stephens

For outstanding meritorious achievement resulting in contract restructuring and significant cost savings of the Storage Infrastructure Managed Service.